Show Utah Holds Denver to No Sc Score re Tie Tae BY TOMMY FITZPATRICK Special to The Herald Denver Colo Oct 14 The H.-The The first real football game of at the tho Rocky Mountain conference season took place in Denver toda today when the University of Utah and the University of at Denver battled through sixty minutes of ot the hardest kind of playing to a a 0 to 0 score Over football fans watched tho the struggle Utah gave ave the Ministers l one of the hardest games the tho Denver University University Uni Uni- aggregation has ev ever r had and came ou out 1 with their colors flying lying It was a stiff game gome for both teams and while ono one had the better at one time the other othor would como come back In the next few minutes and even matters up In the matter of ot ground gaining the Ministers had a bl big advantage acquired in the last quarter In the first part the Mormons gained twice as much ground as their opponents duo due to the fact that Captain of at f Utah got away on a sensational 1 yard fifty run In the second quarter the teams teams both made about the same distance The third quarter was re resorted to b by both hoth teams as the tho pun punting tin period and anda a real kicking duel was entered into between Schroeder and Ashton with the honors oven even It was in the last quarter that Denver's weight began to tell and the Ministers carried the ball for over yards while the Mormons netted about twenty Denver did dill not wake up till tho the last quarter During the rest of tho the game the Mormon line men got the tho Jump on the Denver University men and re repeatedly repeatedly re- re broke up the stron strong shift plays plas of the Ministers Then a again aIn the Denver Den University Interference was slow In getting away aay Time TImo and again the runner with the ball was delayed b by his own men being In the tho road It cannot be denied that Utah has a wonderful eleven elevon and although I the they are green they came on the field with till all the tho confidence In the tho world The Denver el eleven ven started t O In the I first t quarter to rip the Mormon lormon line Every Eel student of the University Uniformity f 4 at ot Utah IN I going to mate make n II des den 4 44 4 effort to be hc nt lit the Oregon f ff f Short Line depot nt ot 44 o'clock 4 thin afternoon when the foot foot- 4 team ex home after ite It f 4 t u against Denver cr cr 44 4 4 er U team Although outweighed out out- 4 weighed t ten n pound to the man 1 Utah held Denver Denser to a 44 4 4 tie tle which In itself I 1 I. I virtually a f- f victory for tor t. t The tUll I- I will have hn-e n a hl c automobile nt ot the I depot nod and t nill Kl give he e the lie members member j 4 of the thc team n a ride rid t 1 4 A 1 i A 1 1 A A A A TT A A T A 1 y hut but the Utah boys bos hold held for downs when their goal was In danger and came back bick In the last quarter with the same tamo ability to stop the Ministers when a n score seemed Imminent In the last quarter the Denver eleven was as hitting the tackles for tor steady gains and a 2 score o seemed Imminent when the plays plas were shifted to outside outside outside out out- side of end and tho the Mormons l held for downs In the tho shadow of oC their goal posts on three different occasions The Denver eleven cloven depended upon driving plays over ocr tackle and now and then thet intermingled led with a n. forward vard pass while the tho Mormons l built th their lr en entire entire en- en I en-I tire offense rou l around Captain Romney who ran both the Denver University ends Romney was wa the star of at the Utah eleven cleven and divided the honors of theda the tho da day with Schroeder and Koonsman The Utah captain was a whirlwind during tho the carl early part of the gamy arri and It seemed as though the Denver could II not bring him down The weakness of the Ministers lies ties I In catching punts Taylor did well fora for a man that has never played the position position position tion In catching the ball let alone running running run run- ning it back but a man Irian has to be de developed developed de- de to handle those kicks before theother theother the tho other bl big games game Duke Schroeder was a n. n star of at the contest contest not only on his offense work worl but also on the defense When Utah had tho the ball on the yard twenty-yard line lineIn lineIn lineIn In the middle of at the third quarter it Il was vas he who threw Hom cy for tor a loss Then In the Ithe kicking the honors of or the day dav wore were slightly with the Iron Iro Man Ian Koonsman was an able assistant to Schroeder and Volk When the Interference interference interference ence got out of at his wa way he pit hit it th the Mormons for some somo good gains Taking rakIng the game all In all all It was an evenly matched conflict with the Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver eleven cloven gaining the most ground The Mormons' Mormons line got the Jump on the Ministers the first three quarters but when the Denver boys bos awakened from their lethargy the they evened matters Both teams will profit by the game and as the they were both in need of actual actual actual ac ac- ac- ac practice the eleven cleven that defeats either the Mormons or tho the j Ministers will be in a fair way to be the Rocky Mountain champions for 1911 Bennion when asked after alter the tho game what he thought of at the tho argument said It Is ie virtual victory for the Utah eleven cleven I as we have a light green team and ran up against a a. veteran eleven eleen Darr Barry I said that It wan was a stiff stitt argument wid Utah has a good team team but his eleven I cl 1 rot get into the game until the last quarter The rhe following was as the lineup of the two teams Utah Denver I I Gardner C c P Darden WImmer rg r.g. t Curtis Capt I Olson q r rt t. t Pike O. O Romney re Meyers I Hampton Dillman Bratt lff Donaldson Palmer Peterson lt Volk olk Bennion Lo Russ Fitzpatrick Q q Zellman Brubaker Romney Capt lh Schroeder Holmst Holmstead ad Sutherland rh Hamilton ton Ashton jb fb Taylor Smith umpire field ld Judge main head linesman Carey |